Person
Browne, Grace Cuthbert (1900 - 1988)
MBE
- Born
- 1900
New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 1988
- Occupation
- Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
- Alternative Names
- Browne, Grace Johnston (Also known as)
Summary
Grace Browne was Director of the New South Wales Division of Maternal and Baby Welfare 1937-1964 and was a part-time lecturer in Maternal and Child Health at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1946-1964. She had graduated from the University of Sydney Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Master of Surgery (ChM). Browne was president of the Australian Federation of Medical Women and president, Australian Federation of University Women.
Details
Chronology
- 1937 - 1964
- Career position - Director of the New South Wales Division of Maternal and Baby Welfare
- 1946 - 1964
- Career position - Lecturer in maternal and child health in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney (part-time)
- 1959
- Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Grace Cuthbert Browne - Records, 1908 - 1989, ML MSS 5195; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18640445. Details
- 'Browne, Grace Cuthbert (1900-1988)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562323. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Browne, Grace Johnston (1900-1988), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0101b.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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